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Martin Harrer edited this page Nov 22, 2018 · 1 revision

Basic Troubleshooting Tips

  • Activate virtualization in BIOS/UEFI. Press F2, F10, F12, Esc during startup of your computer.

    • see documentation of your computer for more details.
    • look for "activate VT-X", "Virtualization" or something similar. Sometimes this setting is in the security submenu.

  • Use a short path to your Vagrantfile without blanks and special characters.

  • Keep the downloaded ZIP file for a quick reinstall without needing network access.

  • Don't use Windows PowerShell ISE

  • If something goes wrong. vagrant doesn't start, hangs or throws errors.

    • Try vagrant halt and start again with vagrant reload
    • or vagrant destroy and start again with vagrant up

  • If vagrant hangs during default: SSH auth method: private key uncomment the following two lines in the Vagrantfile before vagrant up

    • # config.ssh.password = "vagrant"
    • # config.ssh.insert_key = false

  • If the keyboard is not set to german

    • sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

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